Image Name:   Bertha Shamer Place of Birth:   Baltimore, MD Place of Death:   Albion, MI Ethnicity:   White Religion:   Methodist Father's Name:   Samuel Fletcher Tapman Mother's Name:   Mary Pahymer Spouse's Name:   Maurice E. Shamer, M.D Children's Names:   Miriam S. Daly, Margaret S. Petersen Quigley, David Howard Shamer Sibling's Names :   Walter Tapman, Samuel Tapman, Jr., Howard Tapman Formal Education:   Eastern High School, Baltimore, MD Women's Medical College, Baltimore, MD graduated in 1906 Job Title:   Physician Company Name:   Private Practice Employment History:   Worked in the Pharmacy of Harriet Lane Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital 1906 to 1908 Baltimore City Juvenile Court - did physical examinations on orphans and juvenile deliquents who went through the court 1907 to 1912 Private practice of general medicine, mostly women and children. Offices on Greenmount Avenue and 3300 West North Avenue in Baltimore. Affiliations:   American Women's Medical Association - sharter member of the Weahington-Baltimore Branch. Interests and Hobbies:   Obstetrics and gynecology Societal Contributions:   Practiced medicine in Baltimore when women physicians were rare. Delivered babies at home and in Baltimore hospitals.